ooh, zip fight

this morning i impulse bought a box set of leonard cohen's first 11 albums for cheap on amazon, then regretted it and tried to cancel because that's way too much cohen for me, but it was too late. the next few weeks are going to be more morose than usual.

Walls ... is the seventh studio album by American rock band Kings of Leon... The album title is an acronym for We Are Like Love Songs, which continues the band's unwritten rule of having five-syllable album titles Wtf? Why do all the records have to have 5 syllables? Why would a group of dudes want...

That's only 120 miles for us. Seems like a steep price tag, but DBT, Son Volt, and Dead Man Winter is awfully appealing. I haven't been to Blue Ox yet (this is the 3rd annual), but people who have say it's a great time. It's on the campground connected to the Eaux Claires festival grounds, which wi...

Just announced. Also Son Volt, Dead Man Winter, and a bunch of bluegrass and bluegrass-adjacent bands (it's a bg fest, mostly).

This is like 8 minutes from my front door, so I just need to figure out if I can swallow the $150 price tag for a 3-day pass.

http://www.blueoxmusicfestival.com/lineup/

The whole Lydia Loveless thing began with someone saying it wasn't deserving of any year-end best of list. If you're going to make some sort of declarative statement like that, at least take a minute or two to look into it first before putting your foot in your mouth. Same with making statements ak...

njMark wrote:Well I guess this tire fire needs some more fuel so I'll say that Heart like a Levee was not very good to me,

tinnitus photography wrote:the middle finger cactus is a nice touch.


great record, horrendous cover

Evil Urges is worse. Is this Hodor?

Super 8 is thankful that Never Could Believe exists so it can say it's not the worst Isbell solo song.

That image also crops out Duke Silver at Three Dimes Down dot com, who gave "Real" two thumbs up.

I'm a "Good" defender. That song was very important to me in 2008-2009.

Hard to imagine that he's just going to sit on those guitar playing skills for the rest of his career. Cole, I don't know if you've seen him live in the post-Southeastern era, but when I saw him on the SMTF tour his electric guitar abilities were front and center on about 3/4 of the songs. He's def...

Zip City wrote:Dan Auerbach to release second solo album this spring

Nice. I'm way more excited about that than I would be for a new BK album.

Strand of Oaks "Hard Love" out Feb. 17, 2017

I really enjoy Cracked Windshield (esp. the "I can fix this, babe" verse at the end), but I can see why someone might find it a little tedious.

Nice list and write-ups, Zip. It's funny, we like a lot of the same stuff but to very different degrees, and your standout tracks are almost uniformly my least favs on their respective albums.

Finally got around to giving "Real" a full-attention listen on the exercise bike the other night. Great, great album. I liked LL's previous album quite a bit but thought it sounded a bit samey. "Real" is much more varied in tempo, melody and texture. And the bass lines are killer. Two thumbs up.

Rocky wrote:^^^ great story.

I like what this band is doing but the singer kinda gets on my nerves. Sorry.

same. i think i posted about it in the irrational anger thread a while back.

Heart Like a Levee, Hiss Golden Messenger. If you have ears and heard this and didn't rank it #1, sorry, you're wrong. I have ears I heard it It's not #1 Or #10 Or #25 I have ears too. It's a safe record. It's a nice record. It's a polite record. It's an inoffensive record. My workmates would like ...

Zip City wrote:

Duke Silver wrote:
Heart Like a Levee, Hiss Golden Messenger. If you have ears and heard this and didn't rank it #1, sorry, you're wrong.

I have ears

I heard it

It's not #1

Or #10

Or #25

wrong

tinnitus photography wrote:

Duke Silver wrote: Teens of Denial, Car Seat Headrest. After being stuck in an Americana rut for the last couple of years, this was just what I needed.

lol, i wish i could say that was intentional

Is JI really capable of making a Rock record? It's a fair question isn't it? Of his DBT work only Never Gonna Change is a real rock song and the only album he's made with more than 1 or 2 is Sirens of the Ditch. The guy writes ballads, mostly good ones, I think he thinks he writes Rock songs, but I...

Just saw that LB3&tGF signed to Don Giovanni records, making them labelmates with Roadside Graves. I've always thought of RG as being the New Jersey equivalent of working class southern bands like the Dexateens and the Glory Fires, so to me, this seems cosmically appropriate.

I started to make a long list but got bored with it. I bought a shit-ton of music in 2016, most of it good, but only 3 albums really blew me away: Heart Like a Levee, Hiss Golden Messenger. If you have ears and heard this and didn't rank it #1, sorry, you're wrong. Teens of Denial, Car Seat Headres...

I started to make a long list but got bored with it. I bought a shit-ton of music in 2016, most of it good, but only 3 albums really blew me away: Heart Like a Levee, Hiss Golden Messenger. If you have ears and heard this and didn't rank it #1, sorry, you're wrong. Teens of Denial, Car Seat Headrest...

With everything that's gone on over the last couple of weeks and what it says about the direction this country and the world are heading, imagine still having the energy to be "incredibly saddened" by something said at a rock and roll show. I'm a little envious, tbh.

The Current in MPLS has been playing Ever South. Is that an official "single?"

Saw something on Twitter about the crowd being disrespectful at the Madison show. Bums me out if true.

Ramon Casiano 14
Darkened Flags 8+
Surrender Under Protest 11
Guns of Umpqua 12
Filthy & Fried 11
Sun Don’t Shine 5
Kinky Hypocrite 11
Ever South 10
What It Means 8
Once They Banned Imagine 9
Baggage 11-

*I added Baggage to the list (Clams' fault)

Ramon Casiano    13+
Darkened Flags    9
Surrender Under Protest    10
Guns of Umpqua    10
Filthy & Fried    10
Sun Don’t Shine    10
Kinky Hypocrite    10
Ever South    10
What It Means    9
Once They Banned Imagine    10
Baggage 9-